810.20 Defense/1341: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil ( Caffery ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:10 p.m.]
1139. For the Under Secretary. Department’s 689, August 18, 3 p.m. Aranha says that President Vargas told him last night that in case the negotiations with the Government of the Netherlands are satisfactorily concluded the Government of Brazil will cooperate in Surinam;33 he will tell me what form that cooperation will take on Sunday.
President Vargas is also in agreement as to the Portuguese Islands. As I have several times reported Aranha has said that he is willing to approach the Portuguese Government in an appropriate fashion at the appropriate time.
- For correspondence on arrangements for sending American forces to Surinam, with Brazilian participation, see vol. ii, pp. 811 ff.↩